Cayce City Councilman Byron Thomas

Retired Cayce Police Chief A.G. Dantzler receives the Key to the City at the Cayce City Council meeting

Retired Cayce Police Chief A.G. Dantzler received the Key to the City at the Cayce City Council meeting, Wednesday. Cayce Mayor Elise Partin presented the Key to the City to Dantzler in a ceremony attended by Sen. Nikki Setzler and Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon. Cayce Mayor Pro-Tem Tim James, in a prepared statement, paid […]

Cayce City Council takes step that could lead to the construction of 12 new houses on Lexington Avenue lot, near the vacant Cayce Grammar School

Cayce City Council has voted to sell a portion of a lot the city owns on Lexington Avenue. The property is at Lexington Avenue and 3rd Street. What is left of the vacant Cayce Grammar School sits on a corner of the two-acre property. A company called Cypress Commercial and Investment Real Estate wants to build […]

Cayce City Council passes Hate Crime Ordinance

Cayce City Council, at its meeting Tuesday, became the first municipality in Lexington County to implement a Hate Crime Ordinance. Councilman Byron Thomas was instrumental the passing of the ordinance. Mayor Pro Tem Tim James said: “having an important law as this within our Ordinances reassures our community that we support all citizens; additionally it […]

Lukas Melcher of Brookland-Cayce School named Lexington 2 Student of the Quarter and Riverbank Principal David Sims named Educator of the Quarter at the C-WC Chamber Breakfast

Lukas Melcher of Brookland-Cayce School was named the Lexington 2 School District Student of the Quarter at the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast, Tuesday, at Stone River in West Columbia. She is pictured with Brookland-Cayce Principal Dr. Vance Jones, and Byron Thomas and Lindsey Miles of the Chamber Board. David Sims, Principal of […]

Charlotte Beth Burns of Swansea High School named Lexington 4 Student of the Quarter, Sandhills Middle’s Kara Hunter is Teacher of the Quarter at Chamber Breakfast

Charlotte Beth Burns of Swansea High School was named the Lexington 4 School District Student of the Quarter at the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast, Tuesday, at Stone River in West Columbia. She is pictured with Swansea High Principal Marcia Seawright, and Byron Thomas and Lindsey Miles of the Chamber Board. Kara Hunter, […]

Cayce City Council members say there was no ill-will in action to remove mayor from appointments, after public speakers voice opposition and suggest ulterior motives

During the City of Cayce’s March 20, Council meeting, the council reappointed different members to three external commissions, in place of Mayor Elise Partin. She once held a seat on the Lexington County Joint Municipal Water and Sewer Commission; the River Alliance Committee; and the Central Midlands Council of Governments. Partin was not at the […]

Mackenzie Lawskowski and Jesus Argudo are C-WC Chamber’s Lexington 2 and Lexington 4 Students-of-the-Quarter, Kendall Branton, Stephen Jeffcoat are Educators-of-the-Quarter

Mackenzie Lawskowski, a senior at Airport high School, was named Lexington Two School District Student of the Quarter at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Business Meeting on Tuesday morning at Stone River in west Columbia. Kendall Branton, a teacher at Fulmer Middle School was named Lexington Two School District Educator of the Quarter. Jesus Argudo, […]

City of Cayce receives distinguished budget presentation award

On January 2, at the first Cayce City Council meeting of 2024, the City of Cayce received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for Fiscal Year 2023- 2024 and the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Award for Fiscal Year 2021-2022. Both awards were from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA.) Staff from the City’s […]